Antecedents of the entrepreneurial mindset of young Rural, Regional and Remote (RRR) women and their intention to engage in entrepreneurial behaviour

Antecedents of the entrepreneurial mindset of young Rural, Regional and Remote (RRR) women and their intention to engage in entrepreneurial behaviour

Entrepreneurship has been used to facilitate the economic and employment participation of young adults across the globe. Australian remote, rural and regional young women are identified as experiencing the nation’s most significant economic, employability and career disadvantages, making the need for entrepreneurship arguably applicable to this minority group. In this study, it is argued that the pathway for intentional entrepreneurial behaviour relies upon six crucial variables: entrepreneurial leadership, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, entrepreneurial mindset and entrepreneurial intentions. This quantitative study is the first of its kind to examine from the perception of young Australian RRR women the impact of entrepreneurial leadership on the variables attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control, the impact of these constructs on the entrepreneurial mindset and the impact of entrepreneurial mindset on entrepreneurial intention through the application of a Theory of Planned Behaviour model extension. This research also explores these women’s perceived entrepreneurship career progression barriers and their effect on their entrepreneurial intention. Young Australian RRR women aged 18 to 24 were engaged to participate in this research by completing an online questionnaire through purposive snowball sampling. The cross-sectional survey was developed from previously academically tested instruments for data collection required to examine the underpinning theoretical framework of the inquiry. Partial lease squares structural equation modelling was employed to analyse data, with results finding that entrepreneurial leadership significantly influences the attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control. These constructs directly and significantly affect the entrepreneurial mindset construct, which also directly and significantly affects the entrepreneurial intention of young Australian RRR women. Therefore, the emergent concepts and recommendations from this research may act as a resource for all stakeholders who seek to improve their employability and possibilities of self-employment through effective entrepreneurial leadership support strategies that foster the entrepreneurship capabilities of young Australian RRR women.

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